Jaden Ivey made a critical 3-pointer with 1:01 left and finished with 18 points, and Purdue finally got past Texas coach Chris Beard in March, beating the Longhorns 81-71 on Sunday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Purdue's Jaden Ivey tries to get past Texas's Courtney Rameyl during the first half of a second-round NCAA college basketball tournament game Sunday, March 20, 2022, in Milwaukee. –
The third-seeded Boilermakers gave away an early 14-point lead but recovered and advanced to an East Region semifinal on Friday in Philadelphia against this year's out-of-nowhere tourney darling, 15th-seeded Saint Peter's. Big man Zach Edey had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Purdue, which also got 11 points from Eric Hunter Jr.
It was tied when Ivey drove and passed to Hunter, who sank a 3-pointer from in front of Purdue’s bench with 9:17 left. That started a 7-0 run that also included two baskets from Williams.